David S. Stanley
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 73 years 285 days (885 months)Star Sign: Gemini
David Sloane Stanley (June 1, 1828 – March 13, 1902) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War.Stanley took part in the Second Battle of Corinth and the Battle of Stones River as a division commander.
He was later made a corps commander under William Tecumseh Sherman and sent to Tennessee to oppose John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee.
At a critical moment in the Battle of Franklin (November 1864), he saved part of George D.Wagner’s division from destruction, earning America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Later he explored the Yellowstone River, and his favorable reports encouraged settlement of this region.
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